Research Experience

I was classified during the years from 2019 to 2021 among the top 2% of the influential scientists in the field of digital signal processing in the world in the study (classification) conducted by scientists from the prestigious Stanford University and is known in the academic community as the "Stanford classification". The report is based on several factors, the most important of which are the strength of international scientific publishing, the number of scientific citations for research, and participation in reviewing and editing scientific research in reputable journals. The third report was published in October 19, 2021 as shown in the following link: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2
I was classified among the best researchers according to the AD Scientific Index since it was established in 2021 by Prof. Dr. Murat ALPER as shown in the following link: https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/samer-alabed/453930.
I am an IEEE senior member and served as the head of the research committee as well as the head of one research group, i.e., the Signal Processing group. I have obtained several awards and funds from IEE, IEEE, DAAD, DFG, ERC such as the best paper award from IEEE WSA. My researches have been supported by several grants and funds from EU and German companies and research organization such as LOEWE Priority Program Cocoon, the European Research Council (ERC), German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, State of Hesse, TU-Darmstadt, and European Union (EU). Moreover, I organized and was invited to many conferences and workshops. Now I reached to 50 papers published in prestigious International Q1/Q2 Scopus-indexed Journals & conference.

Research interests:

Wireless sensors and relay networks
Digital Signal processing including RF/speech/audio/image signal processing
Signal Processing for wireless communication systems.
Multi-antenna signal processing
Smart IOT systems

During 2023- now: Associate Professor at the German Jordanian University, Director of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Center, Director of E-Learning and Academic Performance Improvement Center

At the German Jordanian University (GJU), I have directly involved and led the following:

ISO 9001 and ISO 21001 (Obtained in August 2024).
Local and international accreditations such as National Qualification Framework (NQF) and German Accreditation.
World university ranking such as QS ranking, THE ranking, SCImago ranking, Green Metric, and Times Impact.
University action and strategic plan, risk management, and quality of the programs.
Ensuring alignment of faculties, departments, and administrative units with the university's vision, mission, and objectives.
Promoting and reinforcing a quality culture among all employees (academic and administrative) at the university.
Reviewing quality standards for higher education institutions at national, and global levels.
Continuous improvement of academic programs to stay current with changes in education.
Commitment to support continuous e-learning and fostering intellectual growth and sustainable development.
Monitoring and increasing the capacity of academic programs in line with strategic plans.
Conducting self-evaluations of faculties, providing reports on strengths and weaknesses.
Organizing training courses for academic and staff throughout the academic year.
Developing plans for improvement and ongoing processes for growth.
Occupying advanced places in the local and international rankings.
Providing support for academic and administrative units to obtain local and international accreditations.
Establishing a database for necessary information for accreditations and classifications.
Achieving accreditation and classification criteria at local and international levels in collaboration with colleges and academic departments.
Ensuring compliance with the National Qualifications Framework and preparing its necessary documents and plans to be used by all GJU programs.
Focusing on self-assessment & continuous development to meet standards of quality assurance.
Preparing standards and procedures for quality assessment programs.
Developing a comprehensive system for quality assurance management at the university.
Offering advice and assistance on quality assurance issues.
Managing the flow of information related to quality assurance standards and procedures.
Ensuring the implementation of recommendations from planning and evaluation studies.
Modifying all study plans to align with national and international accreditations.
Serving as a member of tens of committees at the university level.
Serving as a head of the integrity committee on the university level.
Serving as a head of the Public Safety and Risk Management Committee on the university level.

During 2022- 2023: Associate Professor, Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering at the Germany Jordanian University, Jordan. Associate Professor, Exchange Coordinator of Biomedical Engineering at the Germany Jordanian University, Jordan.

During 2015- 2019: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering / Signal Processing Track, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait.

At the German Jordanian University, I have directly involved in the following:

Preparing a new study plan. During 2022-2023, the study plan of biomedical engineering is totally modified where the prepared study plan is approved by the department council, study-plan committee, school council, and deans’ council.
Establishing two tracks in biomedical engineering for the first time. The first track in the field of biomedical electronics and signal processing and the second one in the field of bionic and biomechanical engineering. The established tracks are approved by the department council, study-plan committee, school council, and deans’ council.
Establishing a dual study program in biomedical engineering for the first time. The established program is approved by the department council, study-plan committee, school council, and deans’ council.
Preparing a nursing study plan for the first time after cooperation with tens of professors from local and international universities. The study plan of nursing is prepared and approved by the study-plan committee, deans’ council, and the Jordan higher education accreditation commission.
Establishing a nursing department and nursing school at the GJU for the first time which is approved by the Jordan higher education accreditation commission.
Signing tens of MoUs with national and international organizations and universities for research, employment and teaching purposes.
Serving as quality assurance liaison officer for the school of applied sciences.
Faculty recruitment and development, faculty evaluation, program development, program review, student advisement, departmental budgeting and budget control, class schedule planning, and general supervision of the teaching, research, and service and related scholarly activities of the department.
Teaching, preparing, and modifying courses as well as supervise graduation projects
Serving as a head for several committees at the college level such as curriculum development committee, quality assurance committee, and GP committee.
Serving as a head for several committees at the department level such as study-plan committee, research committee and curriculum development committee.
Serving as a member for several committees at the university level such as curriculum and program development committee and quality assurance committee.
Serving as a member for school council.
Serving as a member for several school and department committee.
Serving as an exchange coordinator for biomedical engineering students studying in Germany.

During 2008- 2015: Junior Professor, Postdoctoral Researcher, Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Darmstadt University of Technology (TU-Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany.

Lecturer and project supervisor of graduate courses in several fields related to digital signal processing such as speech, audio, and image processing, smart antennas, smart IOT health care systems using wireless sensor networks and other related fields.
Teaching and supervising PhD, MSc, and BSc students in the fields of signal processing and other related fields.
Developing & proposing advanced and novel digital signal processing algorithms under projects supported by the LOEWE Priority Program, Cocoon, the European Research Council (ERC), German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Konrad Adenauer Foundation and many other companies and institutes.
Developing advanced digital and statistical signal processing codes, prototypes, and algorithms to be used in several systems and application. The work was with the company called mimoOn GmbH, Duisburg (http://www.mimoon.de) and for commercial purposes.
Developing advanced signal processing algorithms under a project supported by TU-Darmstadt
and Fraunhofer Institute.
Many researches with graduate students and research assistants in areas related to signal processing including speech, audio, & image processing, smart antennas, smart IOT health care systems using wireless sensor networks, and other related fields.
Supervising several PhD students, tens of master theses, and hundreds of Bachelor projects.
Working with companies, such as mimoOn GmbH, Duisburg (http://www.mimoon.de) to propose advanced physical layer digital and statistical signal processing codes, prototypes, and algorithms with floating and fixed-point implementations to be used in current LTE/LTE-A systems.
Attending and organizing academic conferences such as Cocoon Workshop 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, SPAWC 2013, STATOS 2013, WSA2015, IEEESAM2008, ICASSP2015, IEEEWSA2012, EUSIPCO'13, IEEE ISWCS 2013, IEEE SAM2012, IEEE CAMSAP2011.
Reviewing international journal and conference papers.

During Jun. 2006- Mar.2008: Lecturer Wadi Al-Sir international college (UNRWA, United Nations), Amman, Jordan.

Lecturer and project supervisor of undergraduate courses in the fields of electrical, electronic, communication and computer engineering.
Developing & proposing advanced algorithms in the fields of digital and statistical signal processing, audio and speech signal processing, audio and speech source coding such as LPC-10, RPE, RELP, RPE-LTP, sinusoidal speech coding, harmonic speech coding ... etc, audio and speech enhancement, speech recognition, and speaker identification, filter design, image processing, digital & wireless communication systems.

During Sep. 2003- Aug. 2006: Lecturer, Teaching Assistant, and Research Assistant at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Teaching and supervising electrical, electronic, computer, and communication engineering labs and courses.
Developing & proposing advanced and new algorithms in the fields of digital and statistical signal processing, audio and speech processing, audio and speech source coding such as LPC-10, RPE, RELP, RPE-LTP, sinusoidal speech coding, harmonic speech coding ... etc, audio and speech enhancement, speech recognition, and speaker identification, filter design, digital & wireless communication systems.
Electrical and electronic circuits analysis and design.